Wild Animals Help Kangaroos Break Out of Zoo

[marmar]

from Der Spiegel:





Aided by a fox and a wild boar, three kangaroos got through two fences and hopped to freedom from a wildlife park in Germany. They traveled 15 kilometers before a police posse closed in on them.

The Rheinböllen Wildlife Park in western Germany isn't exactly Alcatraz, but getting out isn't easy either. The word around the troughs at mealtimes is that you need to get through two fences to reach the freedom of the surrounding forest.

Three kangaroos made it at the weekend with the help of a young fox and a wild boar that were trying to break in, an official said on Tuesday.

The boar made a hole in the fence surrounding the park and the fox dug its way under another fence into an enclosure where the kangaroos were kept. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/kangaroos-escape-from-german-zoo-with-help-from-wild-animals-a-849977.html

[WebZines]

1. Why Police

Why police everywhere.??

[KansDem]

2. Nyaah, see? We're bustin' outta here, see?

Nyaah!

[TwilightGardener]

8. ...

[pinboy3niner]

3. The accomplices probably were hypnotized by the Svengali Kangaroo in the OP

[lonestarnot]

4. K & R.

[NightWatcher]

5. I know this story

[HopeHoops]

6. We don't give critters enough credit.

[Generic Other]

7. Those kangaroos were hopping like mad!

9 mile dash to freedom!

[NV Whino]

10. And the zoo keepers were probably hopping mad

[xchrom]

9. picture of the accomplices

[lastlib]

11. "Somethin' tells me it's all happening at the zoo..."

"I do believe it; I do believe it's true.

The monkeys stand for honesty,
Giraffes are insincere
And the elephants are kindly but they're dumb.

Orangutans are skeptical of changes in their cages,
And the zoo keeper is very fond of rum.

Zebras are reactionaries,
Antelopes are missionaries;
Pigeons plot in secrecy,
And hamsters turn on frequently,
What a gas! ya gotta come and see
At the zoo....."

(Simon & Garfunkel, At The Zoo)

[ZenLefty]

12. "A very fit policewoman hurled herself onto the kangaroo."

O, where was the video camera?